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Hooked on Power – Twenty years of keeping quiet pays off
New Zealand powerhouse spreads it wings Hooked on Power – Twenty years of keeping quiet pays off By Jenny Barrett. Hooked on Power provide power generators, air conditioning and lighting towers to the film and live entertainment industries. Not just any kind of generator, aircon unit or lighting rig. These are designed and purpose built for…
Read MoreJands NZ Rebrands to JPRO
News Tale of two Jands concludes Jands NZ Rebrands to JPRO Leading New Zealand professional audio distribution and solutions company JANDS NZ has introduced a new brand identity and rebranded to JPRO, as Jands Australia enters the market branded as Jands (New Zealand) Ltd. “One thing that’s constant in the vibrant audio industry is change,”…
Read MoreVuePix in the Centre for Learning & Innovation
Carey Baptist Grammar School benefits from the new VuePix LED video wall, installed in their recently establish Centre for Learning & Innovation. Vision One were proud to have worked with Carey Baptist Grammar school in the design, development and deployment of the complete AV system for the new teaching and learning facility. Vision one and the…
Read MoreVera Blue
Road Skills Vera Blue By Cat Strom Photos: James Hughes Vera Blue, aka Celia Pavey, is one of Australia’s most promising emerging talents. Following the arrival of her debut single ‘Hold’ three short years ago, Vera Blue has released an EP ‘Fingertips’ and her first full-length album ‘Perennial’, and also featured on tracks with Illy, Slumberjack…
Read MoreCrew defend Noll
By Julius Grafton After someone lobbed a full can of drink at Shannon Noll he lost his mind. He said some offensive things. It went viral, and the condemnation was inevitable. CX asked around and got a more balanced report of what happened at The Duck Creek Races. While the Three Rivers Machinery Duck Creek Picnic…
Read MoreENTECH NZ rolls in July. Biennial roadshow a hit
Opening on Thursday 26 July at Christchurch’s Airforce Museum, ENTECH NZ is now firmly established in NZ with all exhibition spaces sold and registrations for 2018 well ahead of the last tour in 2016. The roadshow then hits Wellington on Monday 30 July, and finishes in Auckland on Wednesday 1 August. People registering are reporting…
Read MoreInfocomm: IC18 – The Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association Steps Up
Feature Infocomm: IC18 – The Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association Steps Up By Julius Grafton. June is InfoComm time, where what was once just the AV industry shows new stuff and huddles in conference rooms. These days it’s a whole lot more, so the organising association have rebranded themselves. Now they are The Audiovisual and Integrated…
Read MoreTLC Global announce two new partnerships
News TLC Global announce two new partnerships Lighting distributor TLC Global have added two new brands to their portfolio – Montreal-based Minuit Une and Irish tracking company Spotrack. “Our team prides itself on the ability to put innovation and technology in the hands of our creative Australian and New Zealand peers,” said Sean McKernan,…
Read MoreElation Fuze PAR Z175 LED Wash Fixture
Road Test Elation Fuze PAR Z175 LED Wash Fixture By Jim Kumorek. This review was first published in Church Production Magazine In a nutshell, Elation’s Fuze PAR Z175 is a COB-based LED wash fixture with RGB colour-mixing capability, zoomable lensing, and strobe capabilities. One of its standout features: brightness. With the advent of Chip on…
Read MoreClair Brothers KiTCurve Guides Dreamweavers Sound To Higher Ground
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Dreamweavers is an event production company serving greater Australia as a world-class, full-service force in integrated event creation and production. Straight shooters who avoid spin and deliver what they refer to as ‘unique and engaging’ productions that inspire with creativity and raw passion. Dreamweavers is a seasoned team with one-hundred-fifty years of combined…
Read MoreJet Get Born… Again
Roadskills Jet Get Born… Again Jet remind us what made them one of Australia’s most successful rock bands of all time with a killer show By Cat Strom. Photos: Troy Constable Aussie rockers Jet have completed their 15th anniversary national tour in celebration of their 2003 debut album Get Born. Entitled the Get Re-Born tour, the…
Read MoreFormal training is acronym heavy – Why ‘on-the-job’ training is so popular
Education Formal training is acronym heavy – Why ‘on-the-job’ training is so popular By Julius Grafton. Training for the technical production industry remains predominantly ‘on the job’, twenty years after a push to get formal vocational education training (VET) into the industry. It started with the CUE98 training package, which arrived fashionably late in 1999.…
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